06/06/2017-12/06/2017 Mapping François Lacombe published a presentation on the topic, “Mapping of energy distribution networks”. User Jothirnadh explains how to edit a road segment while preserving route relations. His diary entry provides plenty of details and clear screenshots for each step. Michał Brzozowski posts …

30/05/2017-05/06/2017 Mapping Bryan posted a blog entry, A friendlier introduction to editing OpenStreetMap, which emphasizes on improving the iD editor walkthrough, a tutorial that guides new users through some basic editing tasks and teaches them the skills and confidence to improve OpenStreetMap. GeoMappando wrote …

23/05/2017-29/05/2017 Mapping The note # one million was created in Hong Kong. You can vote for the newly proposed tag name:language = ISO code until June 6th. Santamariense proposes a new tag for livestock dips. They consist of rural structures where livestock go through to eliminate parasites, and are useful …

16/05/2017-22/05/2017 Mapping Dieterdreist wrote a proposal on aeroway=spaceport. The voting is open until May 30th. Yo paseopor calls to use the traffic sign recognition of Mapillary in OSM as nodes to capture traffic signs. On the tagging mailing list, Dave F wonders about the existence of toilets:wheelchair and …

09/05/2017-15/05/2017 About us The weeklyOSM team is looking for new members to join the team. weeklyOSM publishes 52 issues per year currently in eight languages, regardless of holidays or public holidays. To do this we need to get reinforcements. As a part of weeklyOSM, you can work on: collecting and evaluate links …

02/05/2017-08/05/2017 Mapping There is a discussion on Reddit about the level of detail in OSM, using a UK maze as a starting point. The proposal for tagging bus bays is accepted. Paul Johnson wants to propose a better way to map traffic control (stop and yield) and traffic calming devices, by using relations to …

25/04/2017-01/05/2017 Mapping The Bing Maps team announced in its blog the release of new satellite imagery (a total of 3.67 million km²) in Turkey, Greece and Argentina in cooperation with DigitalGlobe. Nuno Caldeira describes how to improve road tagging using Mapillary horizontal imagery in JOSM. The Zoo tagging has …

18/04/2017-24/04/2017 Mapping Marc Gemis (Escada) explains the workflow he follows when he surveys an area to map on OpenStreetMap. Christoph Hormann provides new satellite images for mapping on his website imagico.de. The pictures show the North Sea in Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands, the Petschorasee coast in …

11/04/2017-17/04/2017 Mapping There is a discussion on the OpenStreetMap Forum about Bing rolling out new aerial imagery for Darmstadt, Germany. A question by wolfbert about grouping buildings and terrain of castles leads (automatic translation) to an amusing discussion. The results are on the wiki. Levente Juhász …

04/04/2017-10/04/2017 Mapping Walter Nordmann analysed the extent of the improper tagging landuse=farm, which has to be changed. His NoFarm-Map helps to discover such areas. Version 0.9.9 of Vespucci is now available! Simon Poole shares the news along with some details. User Rogehm brings up the discussion about the …